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Close proximity: Discussion for discussion’s sake?
Close proximity offered different means of debate in different locations, Polly Carter examines her reaction.
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Close proximity: Public art and compromise
Close proximity speaker, David Cotterrell gives his view of the pitfalls and advantages of work in the public realm.
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Close proximity
This month we present some of the outcomes from Close proximity, a NAN event organised by SCAN and Jonathan Swain that took place at Greenham Common in May. Artists camped for a weekend on the infamous ex-US missile base occupied […]
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Samantha Clark
Last year I did a residency at the IAAB, an international artists exchange programme in Basel, Switzerland.
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Culture Commission
Leigh French, co-editor of Variant, reports on the context and outcomes of The Cultural Commission. “Everything can be measured, and what can be measured can be managed.” McKinseys consultants “The very act of observing alters the reality being observed.” Heisenberg […]
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Established breaks
I used to subscribe regularly to a-n many years ago and have just renewed my subscription online. In searching the site I have not been able to find anything collated (enlighten me please if I’m wrong!) specific for the more […]
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Rossini’s point
Find it hard to believe that you gave so much page space to Artist’s story: Hewitt/Jordan/Beech et al (a-n Magazine July issue). Using tired, third-hand cliché-strewn conceptual art speak from yesteryear – just what do they think they are on […]
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International news
The rapid ongoing abrogation of boundaries and fusions in art, technology and society are the focal point for the 2005 Ars Electronica Festival. Held in Linz, Austria, 1-6 September, it comprises a fascinating mixture of events, conferences, symposia, exhibitions and […]
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Site-specific
Thunder, a sound installation by Hannah Rickards commissioned by Media Art Bath, is presented at the city’s Central United Reformed Church until 11 September. Comprising a synthesised thunderclap produced by an eight-piece orchestra, the musical score by David Murphy is […]
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Crafts residency awarded
Lucian Taylor is Cove Park’s 2005 crafts resident until 30 September. Funded by the Scottish Arts Council, this three-month residency supports a leading maker, applied artist or designer by providing time to concentrate on new projects and development of their […]
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Essential volunteering
A letter in the July issue of a-n Magazine talked of there being a “fine line between voluntary work and blatant exploitation”. There are an increasing number of volunteer placements and internships on offer nowadays. One recently-listed volunteer offer stated […]
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New spaces
Southampton’s John Hansard Gallery is due to become the second biggest temporary exhibition gallery in the UK as part of a new multi-purpose arts complex in Southampton’s city centre. An Arts Council England award in July of £5.75 million will […]
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Professional development news
ARC: Artists’ Resource Centre at Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, is to launch ARC+ scheme this month. Through a programme of surgeries, seminars, critique groups and access to practical information and research facilities over the last two years, ARC has developed a […]
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Borealis 1
Flowers East, London
8 July – 8 August
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Time of Light
Ale and Porter Arts, Bradford on Avon
16 July – 20 August
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Cecily Brennan: Balancing
Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
30 June – 27 August
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Nathaniel Mellors: Hateball
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
25 June – 30 July
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On what there is
Spectacle Gallery, Birmingham
10-24 July
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Eight to create
Creative 8 is a new initiative from the Clerkenwell Green Association (CGA) in London. It is a new style of 360 degree support for craft exhibitions and designer makers supported by the Arts Council, England. Eight designer makers will be […]
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Groundwork commissions
Environmental regeneration agency Groundwork East Midlands is working with five nationally recognised artists to embed a more highly developed approach to arts commissioning. This project builds on a growing recognition within business and charitable sectors – Groundwork’s main networks – […]
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September means design
London is awash with design this month, when the London Design Festival takes place. Established in 2003 to celebrate and promote London and the UK’s creativity, it acts as an umbrella, encompassing activity from across the design spectrum. The first […]
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a-n Magazine August 2005
Contents include: PARTNERS initiative places Scottish artists in local communities. Group shows including ‘New Contemporaries’ reviewed, plus putting the ‘temporary’ into Contemporary Art Norwich. Letters on teaching, school residencies and voluntary work. Graham Dolphin remembers Berlin, Dan Willson pictures his […]
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Future forecast: Social space interviews
Read the Social space interviews in full along with Becky Shaw’s Introduction and Matters arising.
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Code of practice
89% of those attending a Code of Practice event in 2004 said it provided practical examples they could employ in their practice and 87% said it suggested where they could go to for access to further advice and information. As […]
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Exhibiting participants’ work
Do you work with fine/contemporary art, photography, new media or other visual arts projects which result in participants’ work being exhibited? It may be alongside the artist’s work, as part of the artist’s work, or separately as a spin-off project. […]